Abstract:
A distributed antenna system (DAS) is described, including a wide band antenna device having respective transmit and receive antennas disposed in a single package and arranged to provide mutual isolation so that in use noise from the transmit antenna is isolated from the transmit antenna, whereby reception is possible at a frequency the same as transmission.
Abstract:
Telecommunications signals are carried on a cable (111) which carries mains electricity to a consumers' premises. A signal coupler (SC) and a subscribers' interface unit (SIU) are provided between the mains cable (111) and conventional subscribers' terminal equipment (25A, 25B, 25C) adapted for full duplex communication with a local telephone exchange. The subscribers' interface unit SIU converts telecommunications signals between this duplex form (typically analogue at audio frequencies) and time division duplex (TDD) form at a carrier frequency in the range 1 MHz to 20 MHz for coupling to the mains cable (111). In the example, TDD interface means (40) provides cordless telephony digital standard formatting/deformatting and modulating/demodulating at a carrier in the band 864 MHz to 868 MHz, and a frequency converter (50) converts between this band and, typically, 2 MHz to 6 MHz.
Abstract:
A packet switched communications system for transmitting synchronous data from a source module (4) to a terminating module (8) over a network comprises plurality of modules (4, 5, 7, 8) interconnected via transmission links (2, 6, 9). Each module operates with a clock of nominal frequency but which is not synchronised with the clocks of the other module(s) and has a single input and one or more outputs where all the outputs are phase locked to each other but are not synchronised with respect to the input. The system includes means (405, 504, Figures 4 and 5) for determining the accumulated phase difference between the input clock and the output clock of each module, and means (5, 7) for transmitting the accumulated phase difference to the terminating module (8) in the network. The received accumulated phase difference at the terminating module (8) is used to lock the output clock at the terminating module to the input clock at the source module.
Abstract:
A packet switched communications system for transmitting synchronous data from a source module (4) to a terminating module (8) over a network comprises plurality of modules (4, 5, 7, 8) interconnected via transmission links (2, 6, 9). Each module operates with a clock of nominal frequency but which is not synchronised with the clocks of the other module(s) and has a single input and one or more outputs where all the outputs are phase locked to each other but are not synchronised with respect to the input. The system includes means (405, 504) for determining the accumulated phase difference between the input clock and the output clock of each module, and means (5, 7) for transmitting the accumulated phase difference to the terminating module (8) in the network. The received accumulated phase difference at the terminating module (8) is used to lock the output clock at the terminating module to the input clock at the source module.
Abstract:
A dynamic channel allocation method and system for use in a wireless network operates by monitoring at least the allocated channel allocated to a particular network node to generate one or more channel metrics relating to radio conditions on the channel. The metrics generated are received signal power, signal to noise ratio of transmissions on the network and long-term mean square of the equaliser error used in each terminal. The generated metrics are communicated back to the cell access point or the network control server over a signalling channel, and a new frequency is allocated to the cell if it is determined from the metrics that the presently allocated channel is suffering interference. Th signalling channel is preferably an ATM VPI/VCI pair, such that signalling messages are transmitted as ATM cells which can be communicated across the wireless channel using the sane signalling frame as is used for payload cells.